Riverview, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wimauma-Riverview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33578. It stands on Rice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riverview quadrangle. 107,396 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresRiverview grew from 71,050 to 107,396 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 71,050 | |
| 2020 | 107,396 | +36,346 (+51%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1921 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Balm quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Riverview quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Riverview between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,895 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 25 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1992 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PANTHER TRACE (29) |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Riverview: 4 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend Terminal | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Tampa Phosphoric Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Unknown | 1965 | |
| Dot Tampa - Tucker Jones Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Hill's Dirt Pit - Hill's Lake Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| James Hill Co. - Martinez Lake | Sand | Producer | ||
| Parkway Center Community - Parkway Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Phillips and Jordan - Rhodine Rode Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Star 101 Development, Inc. - Canterbury Lakes Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riverview in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 11 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Hail | Riverview | $75,000 | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $30,000 | There were several trees uprooted, a lanai and a fence had damage, and several roofs had minor damage in a mobile home community south of Riverview. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $20,000 | A Tampa Electric Power Company representative reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and several large limbs from Riverview north to Seffner. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $10,000 | An off-duty NWS employee reported a 30 to 40 foot oak tree that had fallen onto a car in the driveway. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $10,000 | The wind caused minor house damage and blew down 120 feet of fence near the corner of Balm Riverview and Rhodine. A tree fell on a mobile home in Riverview and multiple trees were down along State Highway 301. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $10,000 | An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported that thunderstorm winds blew down the gables of a home under construction on Freeport Road in Riverview. Numerous trees and large limbs were also downed by thunderstorm winds along the 5000 block of 86th Street in the Progress Village subdivision in Riverview. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Riverview | $5,000 | A tornado briefly touched down in a few locations along the path causing trees to be snapped or uprooted along Duncan Road, Bloomingdale Avenue, and Craft Road. Winds were estimated at 75mph. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $5,000 | A 60 to 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust was reported in Riverview by an off-duty NWS meteorologist. The thunderstorm winds downed several large tree branches which damaged a lanai in the McMullen Loop area of Riverview. |
| July 1999 | Lightning | Riverview | $2,000 | Bay News Nine Cable of Tampa reported that lightning struck and burned to the ground a shed on the 8200 block of Alafia Ridge Loop in Riverview. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $2,000 | Estimated wind gusts of up to 50 mph flipped a carport onto a house in Progress Village in Riverview. |
| March 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $1,000 | Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office relayed a report of a downed tree on Symmes Road near U.S. 301. Time was estimated off of radar. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | $1,000 | The media reported that thunderstorm winds uprooted several young trees in Riverview. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | - | A home weather station owned by a NWS employee recorded a wind gust of 59 mph near Gibsonton. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Riverview | - | An NWS Employee reported penny sized hail in Riverview. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Riverview | - | Occurred on Interstate 75 at Exit 250 - Gibsonton Road. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Riverview | - | Dime sized hail was reported by WFTS-TV (ABC) of Tampa in Riverview, Florida. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Riverview | - | An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported dime sized hail in Riverview. |
| June 2000 | Flood | Riverview | - | Three to four inches of rain in less than an hour caused localized flooding of street intersections over Riverview, Bloomingdale, Gibsonton and Lithia over southeast Hillsborough county. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Riverview | - | Quarter sized hail was reported by the battalion chief of the Riverview fire department at the intersection of U.S. Highway 301 and Big Bend Road. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Riverview | - | Dime sized hail was reported by an off-duty NWS meteorologist in Riverview. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Riverview | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Dust Devil | Riverview | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Riverview | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riverview | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Riverview | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Riverview | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tampa | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Gibsonton | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Progress Village | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Remlap | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Adamsville | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Bloomingdale | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Clair-Mel City | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Brandon | 5.4 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Riverview | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1828539 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289753. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








